Orchestra gets loaned a second Stradivarius

Orchestra gets loaned a second Stradivarius

main

norman lebrecht

November 17, 2011

A Fort Worth donor gave the city’s concertmaster his 1710 Strad to play. Thirty years on, another Fort Worth resident has loaned the orchestra another – this time a 1685 model, less prestigious but still pretty rich.

Here’s concertmaster Michael Shih and associate concertmaster Swang Lin with their tropies. Must listen out for that orch.

Violins 1

Comments

MOST READ TODAY: